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By Wayne William Cipriano We were visiting friends over the holidays and when we stopped at Shirley and Walter Jessen’s home we got into a discussion about door-to-door peddlers. Walter reminded us that in the City of Ava such sales ...

25 Years Ago January 18, 1990 Herman E. Davis, retired Ava banker, will begin his duties Monday as C of C director. He succeeds J.G. Heinlein who retired last fall after filling that office for about 2 ½ years. ...

Julia Carryl (Bradley) Brown was born the daughter of Wilford Woodrow “Bill” Bradley and Mona Belle (Warrick) Bradley on May 31, 1947, at Gainesville, Mo., and departed this life on Jan. 18, 2015, at Springfield, Mo., at the age of ...

Hugh Dallas Morris, age 95, of Leeton, Mo., passed away Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at Golden Living Center – Westwood in Clinton, Mo. He was born May 11, 1919, in Basher, Mo., the son of John and Lizzie (Pierce) Morris. ...

During the week of Jan. 12 to Jan. 18 the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office answered 117 Calls for Service, and arrested and booked 16 individuals into the Douglas County Jail. On Wednesday, Jan. 14, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department assisted ...

Most of our generation 50+ was “home schooled” in many ways. I can identify with several of these comments. How about you? 1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. “If you’re going to kill each other, ...

The Ava Summer Fest committee is proud to announce that it has recently reorganized as the Ava Summer Festival Association. Ava Summer Fest was originally formed as an activity of the Ava Area Chamber of Commerce, and from its inception, ...

JEFFERSON CITY – Following five public hearings around the state and months of discussion, a bipartisan group of state representatives today released its final report on the 2011 merger that placed the Water Patrol into the Missouri State Highway Patrol. ...